Despite the macabre sounding title, this is a fantastic story.
Basically, some kid in Australia fell down while riding his bike. Although he seemed alright, his mom (who is a nurse) noticed a bump on his head and took him to the local hospital. Lucky for the kid, he had a smart mum as by the time they got to the hospital, the kid was slipping in and out of consciousness.
The problem was that the kid had a blood clot in his head but the local hospital didn't have the equipment or a qualified expert to operate on him. However, with the pressure mounting, there wasn't time to do anything else.
Faced with a dearth of options, Doctor Rob Carson obtained an ordinary household drill and called a neurosurgeon. The neurosurgeon talked him through the procedure over the phone and Dr. Carson then drilled a hole into the kids head to let out the blood clot.
The kid is alive and appears to be recovering nicely from the ordeal.
This is an incredible story and a great piece of doctoring despite the doctor being pretty blase about the whole thing (he said "it is just a part of the job").
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